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RUSH: Your host mentioned by two different members of Congress yesterday, one favorably, one not so. I just want to get these out of the way before we get to the montage, the brilliant montage<\/a> we\u2019ve assembled of Drive-By Media childlike questions for Trump\u2019s doctor on Trump\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

First off, Joe Wilson. Remember Joe Wilson? “You lie,” he said to Obama. Joe Wilson, member of Congress, Republican, South Carolina. This is on the House floor during one-minute speeches yesterday.<\/p>\n

WILSON: It\u2019s undeniable that the stock market, with the positive leadership of President Donald Trump, has soared. Rush Limbaugh was correct on his program today that the growth is unprecedented. One year ago after President Trump was elected, the stock market increased by 28.5%. Today the Dow Jones hit another record high, up over 7,200 points since the 2016 election.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: “Rush Limbaugh was correct on his program today.” Now, they could say that every day about any number of things. Why do you think that it made the cut yesterday, Mr. Snerdley? Do you think Mr. Wilson just wanted the sound bite to air beyond that audience watching one-minute speeches on the House C-SPAN network? “Rush Limbaugh was right” could be an ongoing, never ending loop that any number of elected officials could say every day.<\/p>\n

But now we turn to Don Young. This one mystifies me because I think he\u2019s confusing me with somebody else. This is about earmarks. This was during a House Rules Committee hearing on earmarks just this morning.<\/p>\n

YOUNG: You heard from Rush Limbaugh that this is gonna add to the debt, and that\u2019s pure — pardon the expression — horse manure, because in reality, it doesn\u2019t, we\u2019re spending within that but we have the right, we have the responsibility to respond to constituent\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Of course you do.<\/p>\n

YOUNG: That\u2019s our job as congressmen, otherwise, what are we doing here? What are we here for if we can\u2019t represent the people that vote for us?<\/p>\n

\"\"RUSH: Now, I don\u2019t know Congressman Young, but he\u2019s got me confused. Somebody told him I said — I didn\u2019t say this. We haven\u2019t even discussed earmarks other than to point out they want to bring \u2019em back. But I didn\u2019t say anything about \u2019em adding to the deficit or not. Not that I remember. But I do say a lot of words. Maybe we should have somebody go back and check the transcript, but I don\u2019t remember ever talking about earmarks adding to the deficit. Do you? But yet I was mentioned as horse manure incorrect there.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s right. Members of Congress job is to spend money, House and Senate, that\u2019s the job, spend money. And I don\u2019t say that in a mean-spirited way or critical way. That\u2019s the job, part of it, not the whole thing. I just don\u2019t recall ever talking about earmarks adding to the deficit.<\/p>\n

And even if I were gonna be arguing against earmarks, that would not be the reason I would cite if I were gonna argue against them, that they\u2019re private and secret, nobody knows about it. But the fact that they add to the — what doesn\u2019t add to the deficit? For crying out loud, everything adds to the deficit. Except Obama, Obama never added to the deficit, right? Obama never added to the national debt.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: We actually went back to the archives for something, \u2019cause ever since we played the sound bite here of Alaska Republican Don Young saying that I said earmarks are going to add to the debt… I never said that, and in fact, in our archival search we find that I\u2019ve said pretty much just the opposite. So here again — and by the way, this is not…<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want anybody calling Congressman Young and saying, “Rush Limbaugh is really laying it on you!” Don\u2019t do that, folks. That\u2019s not why I\u2019m doing this. I\u2019m just mildly and patiently correcting the record. So here again this morning, this is during a House Rules Committee hearing on congressional earmarks, which they\u2019re trying to bring back. This is Republican Don Young from Alaska.<\/p>\n

YOUNG: You heard from Rush Limbow (sic) that this is gonna add to the debt. And that\u2019s pure — pardon the expression — horse manure. Because in reality, it doesn\u2019t. We\u2019re spending within that. But we have the right — we have the responsibility to respond to constituents\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s right. Of course.<\/p>\n

YOUNG: That\u2019s our job as congressmen.<\/p>\n

RUSH: To spend money. I know.<\/p>\n

\"\"YOUNG: Otherwise, what are we doing here? What are we here for if we can\u2019t represent the people who are voting for us?<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s exactly right. You gotta spend money to do that. But we went back to the archives. You know, I didn\u2019t mention anything substantially substantive about earmarks earlier this week or late last week. I just made mention of the fact that they\u2019re thinking about bringing \u2019em back. Remember earmarks became a huge, huge deal to Republican voters and a lot of voters as an example of budgetary irresponsibility and buying votes and all this and that. So we went back and we found November 8, 2010. Now, admittedly, this is eight years ago, a little over seven years ago. But this is what I actually said about earmarks.<\/p>\n

RUSH ARCHIVE: Does anybody doubt that that\u2019s what they\u2019re for? Look, in the terms of saving dollars it\u2019s like spitting in the ocean. If you eliminated all earmarks, the effect on the budget, you couldn\u2019t even see it. But the purpose of earmarks is bribery. And of course then you ask, “How would Congress survive without bribes, kickbacks, all that kind of thing?” You know, it would be fun to see how Congress would survive without bribes. But does anybody disagree with me that that\u2019s the real purpose of an earmark? They\u2019re not budget busters!<\/p>\n

RUSH: There you have it. I said right there, “They\u2019re not budget busters,” and I remember this now because there were people calling here left and right wondering why I wasn\u2019t on the anti-earmark bandwagon. It\u2019s because financially it isn\u2019t a big deal. It\u2019s not gonna bust the budget. It doesn\u2019t add to the deficit. It\u2019s not that much money. And people would disagree with me and say, “It\u2019s a start.<\/p>\n

“I mean, if you\u2019re gonna be serious about balancing the budget you have to be serious about everything. You can\u2019t say, ‘Well, we can ignore that because it doesn\u2019t do that much damage,'” and they may have had a point. But I just want to clarify. I\u2019ve asked the audience here, the staff here. Nobody remembers me referring to earmarks as a “budget buster” or as something growing the deficit, either early this week or late last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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